Acacia leucolobia

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Acacia leucolobia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. leucolobia
Binomial name
Acacia leucolobia
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Occurrence data from AVH [1] [2]
Synonyms [3]

Racosperma leucolobium (Sweet) Pedley

Acacia leucolobia is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to eastern Australia.

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Description

The shrub typically grows to a height of 3 metres (10 ft) and has a spreading habit. patent to reflexed phyllodes that have a narrowly oblong-elliptic to lanceolate shape.

Distribution

It is native to an area of New South Wales from around Coolah in the north down to around Katoomba in the south and from around Bowral to Wingello as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland communities. [4]

Taxonomy and naming

It was first described in 1830 by Robert Sweet. [1] [2] The specific epithet, leucolobia, is an adjective describing the plant as "white-podded". [5] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Acacia leucolobia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 3 Sweet, R. (1830) Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 2: 165
  3. "Acacia leucolobia Sweet | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  4. "Acacia leucolobia". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium . Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. Sweet, R. (1839) Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn 3: 198